ANAHEIM : Council to Discuss Career Center Plans

Plans to start a high-tech “one-stop career center” to serve the unemployed will be among the items discussed today by the City Council.

The state Employment Development Department has awarded Anaheim a $600,000 job-training grant to establish the center, which is scheduled to be in full operation by January at 50 S. Anaheim Blvd.

Among the services offered will be a computer system that links job seekers with governmental agencies, colleges and universities and job-training vendors.

Also offered will be career and personal counseling, help with resume preparation and interviewing techniques and an electronic bulletin board containing information about the job market.

The center will assist companies that are downsizing or searching for new employees.

The City Council will also consider the following allocations of federal community development block grant funds:

* $35,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Anaheim to provide recreational and educational services.

* $47,000 to the UCI-North Orange County Community Clinic to provide health-care services to Anaheim residents.

* $70,000 to the Orange County Fair Housing Council for community outreach, education, counseling and mediation services related to fair housing.

The City Council meeting will begin at 5 p.m. at City Hall, 200 S. Anaheim Blvd. Information: (714) 254-5100.